Backing up your data locally

If you want to separately back up your content such as contacts and text messages on
HTC One, here are some tips on how to export or import your data.

Backing up your contacts

Open the
People app.

On the
People tab, tap
> Manage contacts.

Tap
Import/Export contacts > Export to phone storage.

Select an account or type of contacts to export.

To help protect your data, tap
Yes, and then set a password for this backup.
Be sure to remember this password. You'll need to enter it again when importing contacts.

If you don't need a password, tap
No.

Tap
OK.

Restoring contacts

On the
People tab, tap
> Manage contacts.

Tap
Import/Export contacts > Import from phone storage.

If you have more than one account set up, tap the type for the imported contacts.

If you have multiple backups available, select the backup you want to import, and then tap
OK.

Enter the password you've set for this backup, and then tap
OK.

Backing up your text messages

Keep important text messages by backing them up to the phone storage.
You can easily restore backed up text messages after you've deleted them from your message list.

Important: Text messages in the secure box and blocked messages will not be backed up. To include such messages to your backup, move them first to the general message box.

Open the
Messages app.

Tap
> Back up/Restore SMS > Back up > Back up SMS.

To help protect your data, set a password for your backup.
Be sure to remember this password. You'll need to enter it again when restoring messages.

If you don't need a password, select
Do not password protect this backup.

Enter a name for your backup file, and then tap
OK.

Backing up text messages by email

Important: You need to set up your email account in the
Mail app.

Open the
Messages app.

Tap
> Back up/Restore SMS.

Tap
Back up > Back up SMS via mail.

To help protect your data, set a password for your backup.
Be sure to remember this password. You'll need to enter it again when restoring messages.

If you don't need a password, select
Do not password protect this backup.

Enter your email address.

Compose your email message, and then send it.

Restoring text messages

Open the
Messages app.

Tap
> Back up/Restore SMS > Restore.

Choose how you want to restore the messages, and tap
Next.

Tap the backup to import.

Enter the password you've set for this backup.
If you didn't set a password, select
This backup file is not password protected.

Tap
OK.

To restore text messages that were backed up via email, open the email message with the backup file attachment from the
Mail app. Tap the attachment to download it first, and then tap it again to open the backup file to import. Enter the password you've set for this backup or select
This backup file is not password protected.

Backing up your personal dictionary

You can back up new words you’ve added to the predictive text dictionary.

Go to Settings, and then tap
Language & keyboard.

Tap
HTC Sense Input.

Tap
Personal dictionary > > Back up to email.

When prompted, tap
OK.

Importing your personal dictionary

To import your personal dictionary backed up via email, open the email message with the backup file attachment from the
Mail app. Tap the attachment to download it first, and then tap it again to open the backup file to import.

Backing up or restoring tasks

Go to the list that contains the tasks you want to back up.

Tap
> Import/Export.

Tap
Export to phone storage to back up your tasks, or tap
Import from phone storage to restore tasks on
HTC One.